How to organize a tech/design conference for 1000+ attendees from scratch

A guide of organizing a conference for 1000+ attendees, timeline and checklist included!

We’ve been running JS Conf China for 6 years now, and started the first UI/UX Conf China in 2016. Since all of these tech and design conferences are nonprofit and community oriented, we choose to organize them ourselves. But with the whole team busy with clients’ projects, it’s hard to gather enough internal resources.

We’re shorthanded and short of change, but still manage to pull it off. Here’s how. This article is a practical guide. A to-do list even. No buzzwords, no fluff.

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